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We all pay taxes.[/quote]

What planet, exactly, are you living on?[/quote]

Please give me an example of a household that pays no taxes.[/quote]

The great majority of FCPS funding, by way of example, comes from property and personal property taxes.  There are plenty of people who don't pay either one of those.  The fact is that those who own real property subsidize public education for those who do not.  The poster above who pointed out that World Bank employees pay no tax may be correct (I don't know one way or the other) but that's an edge case.

I own a home and pay a significant amount of property tax.  My DDs are in private school and I don't begrudge the subsidy I pay.  I do get pissed at the pseudo-moralists who pass social judgment on my decisions.[/quote]

Even renters pay enough and that money goes to taxes as the rent rate is based on the cost of the area.

Unless we start talking housing the the government pay the rent which pays the taxes, which goes back to the government.

Like my neighbor said. He has no kids in school now. He said taxes that fund schools raise property values. It's not a bad deal even for those that do not have children

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